ORIGIN STORY
Tarra Kieckhaefer, the founder of Network Next Gen, gives insight into the origin of her company and how she continues to thrive.
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HUSTLERS AT HOME
Born out of the pandemic, NNG started touring our Next Geners’ homes as they navigated the changing WFH landscape.
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DAY-TO-DAY SOCIAL
Curating NNG’s social feed was a delicate balance of career development and keeping the feed filled with the faces of NNG. We made sure to mix it up with content like weekly dinner recaps, Next Gen’er city guides, career tips, design memes, NNG feedback, sponsor spotlights and more.
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DESIGNER & SPONSOR SPOTLIGHTS
Showroom & office tours, trade show booths, and side hustles, oh my! Take a peek behind the curtain and check out what our Next Gen’ers and sponsors are up to.
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DESIGN HUSTLER MERCH LAUNCH
We launched NNG’s first line of merch with branded beanies, hoodies, and T-shirts - later expanding to fanny packs.
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NEOCON SHOWROOM 2023
We got the opportunity to create and curate a showroom in TheMart for NeoCon 2023. The NNG Social Hub was a place for Next Gen’ers to escape the hubbub and enjoy a bevy of different offerings: live podcasts, networking events, design industry panels, and so much more. Going from an empty box to a fully furnished showroom in just under a month was a tall order, but our sponsors helped bring our ‘Social Hub’ vision to life. We fully managed the design and the install of the space, creative concepting / video content capture, coordinating and briefing on-camera guest speakers and clients, and end to end marketing for all events in the space.
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NEOCON LIVE PODCASTS
Behind every brand there’s a story. Stories about: heritage, writing and creating a children’s book, unique partnerships that create social change, unheard of innovation in product design, and so much more. Check out our live podcasts from NeoCon 2023 in the Social Hub.
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NEOCON PANELS
NNG’s NeoCon panels brought heavy-hitters from companies that have their finger on the pulse of sustainability, innovation, the future of design, and career development. Looking to the future, we get a few different perspectives on how they see the design industry evolving and how they’re making proactive strides to affect lasting change.
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SITE UPDATE
NNG’s homepage needed a refresh, so we updated it with the ‘Design Journal’ as our centerpiece. Content that featured Next Gen’ers was resonating best with our audience, so we decided to make that our focus. We smoothed out the user experience for sponsors coming to inquire about upcoming NNG events and made the merchandise pop a little more in the streamlined shop.
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MORE VIDEO CONTENT
We’ve created a myriad of different content, including sales recaps, visual podcasts, trade show reels, and more!
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